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GP9u 1515

 

 

GP9u

CP 1515

 

 

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CP 1515 AT REGINA, SK.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1955 as CP 8545

Serial Number : A 788

Class : DS-17

Paint Scheme : CP Rail no-Multimark

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1994

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8545 at Port Coquitlam, B.C., painted in the CP Rail Large Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Claude Prutton, 1977;

2. CP 1515 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the CP Rail Small Multimark paint scheme. Photo by D.R. Phillips, 1980. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

3. CP 1515 at Moose Jaw, SK., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1997;

4. CP 1515 at Alyth, Calgary AB., painted in the Canadian Pacific paint scheme. Photo by Cor van Steenis, 2008.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Small Multimark, 8" Stripes > CP Rail no-Multimark > Canadian Pacific

 

Notes : Built by GMD as GP9 #8545 (1955). Rebuilt by CP as GP9u, chop-nosed and renumbered to #1515 (1980). Sold to CIT (2002), rebuilt at Alstom Ogden Shops, Calgary AB. Leased back to CP. Retired (9/30/2011). Sent to SRY, New Westminster B.C., for parts salvage and scrapping (11/11/2011).

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